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Microsoft Build 2026: Windows Agent Framework Goes Open Source, Project Polaris Takes Aim at GitHub Copilot's Future
Microsoft open-sourced its Windows Agent Framework, unveiled Project Polaris to replace GPT-4 Turbo in Copilot, and shipped Copilot Workspace as GA at Build 2026.
GitHub Copilot Now Bills by Token: What the Switch to AI Credits Means for Your Workflow
GitHub Copilot replaced flat premium request units with token-based AI Credits on June 1, 2026. Here's what changed and who it affects most.
Anthropic is retiring Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 on June 15, 2026 — here's what you need to do
Anthropic retires claude-sonnet-4-20250514 and claude-opus-4-20250514 from the API on June 15, 2026. Pinned version strings will error. Here's how to migrate.
Gemini API Interactions: the outputs array is gone, and June 8 is your hard deadline
Google's Gemini Interactions API replaces the flat outputs array with a structured steps timeline. The legacy schema is permanently removed on June 8.
Anthropic Acquires Stainless: What It Means for Developers Building on Claude
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, the startup behind every official Claude SDK and MCP server generator, in a deal reportedly worth over $300M.
OpenAI launches GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper in its API
OpenAI releases three purpose-built voice models in its Realtime API, bringing GPT-5-class reasoning, live translation, and streaming transcription to developers.
Gemini API File Search now handles images, custom metadata, and page-level citations
Google's Gemini API File Search gains multimodal support, metadata filtering, and page-level citations, making verifiable RAG practical for real-world mixed content.